[Chat] Fwd: Baltimore’s Storm Drain Trash Catcher Gets Crabby
Dawna Cobb
dawnacobb at gmail.com
Fri Jul 20 13:03:32 EDT 2012
Judy and everyone: Count me as one of the many who are fed up with the
folks who litter. Think of all of the things that could be done with the
money that is spent cleaning up after people who litter. Every since 7-11
moved to Charles Street, the litter on my block has increased. No surprise
there. Maybe what we need is to pressure stores like 7/11 and fast food
places to begin an anti-litter campaign. Until then, my neighbors and I
continue to pick up others' trash. We would be knee deep in it if we
didn't.
I gather people litter because they think someone else will clean up after
them or, as a friend recently overheard a man say to one of his kids at
the bus stop on Greenmount and 33rd, it will just "blow away." Thank
goodness the kid didn't listen to her father's advice to leave a wrapper on
the ground and threw it in a nearby trash can.
Thanks, Judy for sending this around. Dawna Cobb
On Fri, Jul 20, 2012 at 12:09 PM, judy <jdydee at verizon.net> wrote:
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> -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Baltimore’s Storm Drain
> Trash Catcher Gets Crabby Date: Thu, 19 Jul 2012 11:04:48 -0500 From: Baltimore
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> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
> Thursday, July 19, 2012
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> Baltimore’s Storm Drain Trash Catcher Gets Crabby
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> *BALTIMORE* (July 19, 2012) – The citizens of Baltimore have spoken.
> They are tired of the trash from litterers flowing into Baltimore’s
> waterways. Baltimore’s Department of Public Works (DPW) heard the call and
> recently installed five storm drain trash catchers around town to snag
> litter before it goes down the storm drains and into the city’s waterways.
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> “When people litter, most of it goes down our storm drains and winds up in
> the water –soda bottles and cans, McDonald’s burger containers, you name
> it,” said DPW Director Alfred H. Foxx. “The installation of these types of
> devices is a part of our ongoing effort to address trash removal in both
> the northwest branch (Inner Harbor) and the middle branch of the Patapsco
> River.”
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> The storm drain trash catcher (also called a catch basin) is an inlet to
> the system that typically includes a grate where stormwater enters the
> catch basin, and a sump to capture debris and other associated pollutants.
> When it rains: a retractable screen on the drain opens; a second screen
> inside the drain captures the trash where DPW’s maintenance workers vacuum.
> * *Baltimore was selected by the California contractor West Cost Storms,
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> At the Fayette and Port streets location, DPW’s partner Blue Water
> Baltimore recently joined community members, BANNER neighborhood's Leanna
> Wetmore and street artist Adam Stab to decorate the storm drain trash
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> *Facts about Litter: *According to Keep America Beautiful 2009 National
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> - *Litter cleanup costs the U.S. almost $11.5 billion each year*, with
> businesses paying $9.1 billion. Governments, schools, and other
> organizations pick up the remainder.
> - The presence of litter in a community takes a toll on the quality of
> life, property values and housing prices by 7 percent.
> - Confection (candy, gum, etc.) ranks at the top by 53.7 percent
> followed by cigarette butts at 29.8 percent as litter dropped at “*transition
> points”* or where items must be discarded before entering, including
> in storm drains.
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> For more information about DPW’s new storm drain trash catchers, please
> call 410.545.6541.
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